Nikola “NiKo” Kova\u010d had a few things to say to the internet trolls who criticised FaZe Clan after their elimination from ESL One Cologne 2020.<\/p>\n
Being one of the most successful esports organisations in the world, FaZe boast a massive following across a number of popular game titles. That popularity comes at a cost, however, and we have seen this week what happens when those high expectations are not met.<\/p>\n
Although FaZe Clan are perhaps best known for their involvement in the Call of Duty esports scene, their most successful project remains their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a> team. In the past few years, however, the FaZe CS:GO team have struggled to make an impact at the highest level.<\/p>\n Most recently, FaZe Clan attended the prestigious ESL One Cologne tournament, which features Europe’s very best CS:GO teams and US $325,000 in the prize pool. After losing 0-2 to Heroic and beating MiBr 2-1, Janko “YNk” Paunovi\u0107’s side then suffered an agonising 2-0 defeat to Team Vitality to bow out in the second round of the lower bracket.<\/p>\n FaZe’s poor performance in their series against Vitality caused a fair amount of backlash from their fans on social media, who called out NiKo and his crew for falling short yet again. Most of the hate, however, was pointed towards Markus “Kjaerbye” Kj\u00e6rbye, who just recently took over for Aurimas “Bymas” Pipiras. <\/p>\n And with all our playoff teams locked in we have to say goodbye to the final two teams from the European division.@MADLions_CSEN<\/a> & @FaZeClan<\/a> unfortunately just came up short but the show must go on!<\/p>\n GGs boys! \u2764\ufe0f\ufe0f#ESLOne<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6cDjND1IPR<\/a><\/p>\n — ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n